Help for Windows Media Player, "Class Not Registered"

[Jadiction]

[[RESOLVED]] Help for Windows Media Player, "Class Not Registered"

-----RESOLVED----- Thanks To SledgeDG-----

I've never seen a problem like this before, when i try to play a file for Windows Media Player, it says "Class not registered" >> Screenshot from Lightshot <<, Any resolves? Thank you.

Sreenshots:

Screenshot from Lightshot

 

[zigzag3143]

I've never seen a problem like this before, when i try to play a file for Windows Media Player, it says "Class not registered" >> Screenshot from Lightshot <<, Any resolves? Thank you.

Sreenshots:

Screenshot from Lightshot

Could be no default program is associated with mp3. does this happen with other audio players?

could also be the OS doesn't recognize the mp3 extension


Ken

 

[SledgeDG]

Hello Jadiction and welcome to SF
Such errors usually point towards a damaged or unregistered quartz.dll
Let's re-register the dll first, that's the easy part

Open a command line (CMD) right click, run as administrator and put in

regsvr32 quartz.dll
after a few seconds you should get a message that the action was completed successfully.

Do that first, check if it works again and report back

-DG

 

[Jadiction]

My default program was Windows Media player, then it did this, now it won't let me select it as a default, even if i browse and find it.
I tried the "regsvr32 quartz.dll" and that didn't resolve it.

 

[SledgeDG]

Looks like you'd have to re install WMP
Download details: Media Feature Pack for Windows 7 N and Windows 7 KN (KB968211)
But in any case I would run a full scan with this here
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware: Malwarebytes

-DG

 

[Jadiction]

I tried to uninstall and reinstall. Found no file to re-install, and found no way to uninstall.

 

[SledgeDG]

not un install...just install on top of the old one from the link in my former post

For now run the full scan first

 

[Jadiction]

The scan is running. I didn't see the install link before. Haha, sorry.

 

[Jadiction]

It did not work after i tried the 64 installment. http://i54.tinypic.com/akv5ab.jpg And i tried the scan, and nothing was found.

 

[SledgeDG]

Dang..Microsoft and their piracy paranoia.
In that case the system file checker should fix damaged wmp components

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html

If that still shows no improvement, try this utility Fix & Repair Windows Media Player with Fix WMP Utility

-DG

 

[Arc]

Hi Jadiction !

I hope your problem is already solved with DG's assistance . It is due to a missing \ corrupted registry file . If that one is a system registry , SFC will fix it , certainly .

One more thing you should do . Download and install CCleaner , run a registry scan with it , and opt for fixing the issues .



Best of luck mate

 

[Jadiction]

System file checker worked. Thanks alot DG. ;D

 

[SledgeDG]

you're very welcome, Jadiction !
I'm glad it worked for you.
Thanks for the feedback

-DG

 

[Maynard46]

wow i ran into this same issue. Lucky i came upon this thread. I used SFC and it found 2 errors that it fixed. I also ran CClean and my issue was resolved.

i been finding alot of useful info on this forum recently and wanted to register to say thanks!